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Morgan Davie

@fromthemorgue.bsky.social

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Tall man, weird little telly boy Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand. Writing, TTRPG design with Handiwork Games and Taleturn, taking action, discussing NZ political nonsense. Usually walking the dogs. #FiveEvil coming soon! (mr_orgue at the bird site)

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · Oct 24

FiveEvil: Fiendish 5e Horror

My upcoming horror #TTRPG, made from twisting 5e until it squealed, and sprinkling some indie game genius over the mess.

Kickstarter link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...

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$The cover of FiveEvil shows a D20 dice, upon which is sat a fly. When studied closely, we can see the fly has tiny hands. The logo is large and appears broken and fractured. The word "Five Evil" is large, with the subtitle "Fiendish 5e Horror". Across the bottom of the cover a tag line reads: "a game of unnerving terror, subverting the expectations of the world's greatest RPG"$

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Shannon Appelcline 🌮 @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 4h

A few updates to my Basic D&D rules cover homages article!

Morgue's Basic is a brand new booklet that shows the unfortunate fate of the green dragon Erol Otus drew 45 years earlier.

I also turned up an older SnarfQuest Tales ad that homages BECMI.

www.designers-and-dragons.com/2025/05/27/h...

The cover of Morgue's Basic shows a green dragon head mounted on a wall. The green dragon is clearly the one Otus drew for the BX D&D cover.

An ad for SnarQuest Tales laid out like the BECMI red-box cover. The warrior is now Snarf, hiding behind his shield rather than attacking.

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 5h

❤️
love you Dave

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 8h

i was thinking of this: thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...

The mayors, the media man and the mystery shrouding Upper Hutt’s election

An abusive email was sent to an Upper Hutt mayoral candidate. The sender says he has nothing to do with the incumbent mayor’s campaign. But locals and other mayors suspect otherwise.

thespinoff.co.nz

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 12h

This whole album is a good time, but my nerds will particularly enjoy the lyrics to this one

tricky.bandcamp.com/track/sea-be...

Sea Beams, by Marta & Tricky

from the album Out The Way

tricky.bandcamp.com

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 14h

Sigh!!
Sounds like there are all sorts of shenanigans unfolding in Upper Hutt this time out, too

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 15h

#nzpol made this “please vote, friends!” video for insta/fb, thought I’d share here too even though nz folks here have already voted, right? Right

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

CONFIRMED: Jacinda Ardern not a scaredy cat

(Wake is a great book and is definitely horror)

IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 1d

Is that WAKE, Elizabeth Knox’s horror novel, on Jacinda’s bedside table during Covid? Almost yelled out in the theatre. Really good film anyway. PRIME MINISTER @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social

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Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 1d

A great story about the positive effect being part of a supportive hobby can have on your mental well being.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spalding Wargames Club putting mental health on the front line

Members of a wargaming club say the support they have been getting from the sessions are 'crucial'.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 1d

Please make use of the “this is a joke” checkbox when skeeting - it will reduce Bluesky traffic by 27.3%.

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

I've been privileged to watch as Cold City 2e came together.
Trust me when I say this game is going to DESTROY.
Get in! #TTRPG

Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 1d

We're delighted to say that Cold City second edition, the roleplaying game of hidden Agendas, trust and monster hunting is 🅞🅤🅣 🅝🅞🅦 in PDF and pre-order. All pre-orders come with a free PDF.

The PDF is available exclusively @drivethrurpg.com

Pre-order: handiwork.games/product/pre-...

Cold City Second Edition - Handiwork Games | Cold City Hot War | DriveThruRPG

In the divided city of post-World War II Berlin, terrors hide in the darkness. The legacies of war, suffering, and fringe science lurk beneath the surface, feared and desired by former allies and defe...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Gaz @evilgaz.bsky.social · 1d

Cold City is and if you want a try before you buy flavour of this excellent gem, head on over to UGMs for a punchy two hour Actual Play.

youtu.be/ZWqsXDu4IIU?...

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

On the list it goes!

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

How horror does it get? The other half has less of a taste for the genre…

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

I was just wondering about that show yesterday. What’s the vibe??

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

That is, er, Wild

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

it's a fixup whichever way you look at it guvnor

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

Agree but I'd imagine any such attempt by Shaw/Greens/"The Left" would have only produced a piddling amount of hay, because to generate piles of the stuff you need a multifaceted outrage machine, and those only exist to attack the Greens, not support them.

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Trench Crusade @trenchcrusade.bsky.social · 2d

You've only got a few hours left to back @handiworkgames.bsky.social's Kickstarter campaign for Trench Crusade Backdrop Books! Backers get a free PDF of tips and tricks for miniature photography. Check out the campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/han... #trenchcrusade #wargaming

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2d

Oh hey, while we are experiencing a MASSIVE uptick in mail orders right now (yay!), and barely keeping up (boo!) - we will still be releasing Cold City tomorrow in PDF... Here's all of the short videos we made introducing Cold City and Hot War ahead of the campaign: #coldcity

All the Cold City Hot War short videos in one long video

YouTube video by Handiwork Games

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome! #FiveEvil is the prefect Halloween one shot! and @backagaincafe.bsky.social let us know if we can help with any resources!

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 4d

10/22 6:30: FiveEvil RPG (info coming soon on Discord)

10/26 4pm: Blood on the Clocktower in Costume (dress as your favorite role, play Clocktower, win sweet prizes)

10/27 6pm - Gayme Night in Costume (signup link with Middletown Pride opens 10/20, costumes encouraged)

TBC

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

oh nice! Exciting @backagaincafe.bsky.social !

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

This is a great read for #ttrpg folks - Lyndon brings a great deal of experience & training in various kinds of performance disciplines as he unpicks some fascinating stuff from inside the simple idea “this character has a goal”

Also recommended for anyone at all interested in character and story!

Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 3d

New blog for once:
So @dicelegenz.bsky.social has been making neat video interviews with advice for Dungeon Masters and somebody mentioned character objectives
and I was like: I have thoughts about those!

I objective

I haven’t had a chance to rant about acting-method-type objectives for some time but this video points out it’s useful for Dungeon Masters to think about so let’s go. Kelly cuts t…

lyndonhood.wordpress.com

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

@lyndonhood.bsky.social love your new blog post applying acting methodology insights to RPG play. Are you gonna post about it here? Because i will reskeet it immediately if so!

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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's immoral when well off secure middle aged people blithely tell young people with not many resources that they should just move. It's not that easy. 2/3

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

happy birthday to your husband's wife, she sounds cool as hell